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Becoming A Renewable energy Engineer?
Hello I am interested in becoming a renewable energy engineer.I dont know if thats the exact name of it but I want to be the people that study new ways to get energy like wind and solar.
I want to create and research technology that will get us off oil once and for all.But What is that jobs name and What do I study to be able to do it.
First off, I’ve been working as a renewable energy engineer for the past 6 years. I’ve worked on a broad spectrum of projects, my primary interest has always been biofuels, but I’ve worked in other renewable energy and renewable resource industries as well. My degree is in chemical engineering.
It depends on what you actually want to do. Wind and solar power industries depend on mechanical and electrical engineers. The biofuel industries like ethanol, biodeisel, biomethanation, bio-gas (syngas and biomethane), and geothermal power industries depend on chemical engineers.
Chemical engineering as a discipline is incredibly diverse, you’ll have opportunities to work in any chem engineering role, as well as the ability to branch out and do work that would typically be fit for mechanical or electrical engineers also. I’ve worked on wind power generation as well as water power generation projects in addition to EXTENSIVE cutting edge research in biofuels.
As far as creating and researching technology goes. I strongly recommend chemical engineering, and I STRONGLY recommend pursuing an advanced degree, and load up with electives to suit renewable energy including bioseparations, biochem processing, electrical engineering/power generation, fluid mechanics, etc etc. If you want to go the biofuels route, add membrane technology to the list. Also take internships that are industry based, not research based, that way you’ll diversify your experiences so you can run the lab with the “real world” in mind. Industrial experience is invaluable for implementing new technologies, but the advanced degree will help make sure you stay involved with research instead of just processing and production.
There are a lot of great RESCO’s to work for around the country. (Renewable Energy Service COmpany). Black and Veatch is expanding their renewable energy interests, Koch engineering as well, NREL is obviously a leader in renewable energy, GE, Ameresco, TetraTech, etc etc. to name some bigger houses, GEVO inc, Edenspace Inc, Midwest Research Institute, CH2M Hill, ICM etc etc to name some middle ground and smaller players that have big influences in the industry.
All that said, good luck with the career choice. I love what I do and I do it well. Some people choose to be a cog in the wheel that makes the world go round… But some of us choose to take charge and guide the world in the right direction. Renewable Energy is the right direction.
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